Convertible Production Returns To Oxford MINI Plant
A MINI Cooper Convertible has rolled out of MINI Plant Oxford for the first time since 2015 after production of the car returned to the spiritual home of the Cooper family.
The Oxford plant is already home to production of both the three door and five door Cooper models, and had been the place where the first two generations of the Convertible model were built between 2004 and 2015.
Production of the car then moved to the Netherlands for the third generation to make room for the MINI Clubman at Oxford, but that model has now been discontinued after the final car rolled off the production line back in February.
At the time that car rolled out of the factory, it was confirmed that the Convertible would return ‘home’ for the fourth generation with cars now leaving the factory.
All three plants in the UK are involved in the production of the new Cooper Convertible, with the body pressings and sub-assemblies coming from Swindon and the four-cylinder petrol engine coming from Hams Hall in North Warwickshire.
The MINI Cooper Convertible is offered with either a 163hp or 204hp engine.
"We are delighted with the launch of the new MINI Cooper Convertible at our Plants in Oxford and Swindon," Markus Gruneisl, Head of Plants at both Oxford and Swindon said.
"It’s an amazing achievement for our team to launch three new models at our Oxford Plant this year, and I am proud of our exceptional workforce. We’re delighted to welcome the MINI Cooper Convertible back home to Oxford, the home of MINI."
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